Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

April] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCH.EOLOGY. [1890.

is to "shoot out flames"; the GreektoJo't^in Sam. 1, xxxi, 3,
is rendered in Coptic by JtCX COOTC," shooterof arrows."
Thearrows of the Dawn-goddess Neith are the rays of the
Sun. The metaphor is a common onein Greek literature. The
y\t'ou fio\ni are repeatedly mentioned by the Tragic writersand
others. 'H rpi/Sov irpi>t i/Xiov fioXav and Kara ijXiovpo\£s are ex
pressionsequivalentto irpo? amriva,andin the Ajaxt of Sophocles
we read of tijp d0' i/Xi'ov fioXvviceXevOov.
The same metaphor is applicable to Neith considered as the
Eye of the Sun. The wfrtaXfiwvfioXy occurs throughout Greek
literature, downfromthe time of the Homeric poems. It is in
directconnectionwiththe widespread superstitionof the Evil Eye,
and the terrors of the "Jettatura."

• The etymological sense of »£R nail, when signifying king or high
  officialis more obscure; but it may be pointed out that the Coptic hap preserved
  the words ItOX,ftOO,'shootingahead,'in the senses 'magnus,''magnas,'
  ' senior,' 'major,'' dux,' 'princeps.' The / in nait is radical, and is palatalized in
  X and <TT
  I will add one more observation. The important name[J

in the Royal Tombsis to be explained in this way. l££j \gQ accordingto the
analogyof many similarformsis equivalent to $f^ \ nail-tit, I" he who is dis
tinguishedby the red crown ${ ." See Lefebure's Tombeaude Seti I, part iv,
plate34.
t Line 877, on which see the note of Lobeck.

The next Meeting of the Society will be held at 9,

Conduit Street, Hanover Square, W., on Tuesday, 6th
May,1890,at 8 p.m., whenthe following Paperswillbe read :

P. le P. Renouf {President), "The Priestly Characterof the

EarliestEgyptianCivilization."

Rev. C. J. Ball, "The Terms for 'God* and 'Sacrifice' in

AccadianandChinese."

352